After a year of going through the motions with her skincare routine (what's the point of all five steps when you're working from your bed?), my sister's complexion was looking less than stellar. And with her wedding fast approaching, she was willing to shell out whatever it took to get a glowing complexion. Beauty Wonkette's favorite aesthetician introduced her to Anak of Anak Cosmetics—and more importantly, her excellent toner.
Anak Cosmetics is a skincare brand that's free of sulfates, parabens, carcinogens, DEA (the lathering agent diethanolamine), and more potentially harmful ingredients that was founded by the one-named Anak, a makeup artist and medical aesthetician. What sets the line apart is that it's personalized to your individual needs—there's a helpful skincare quiz to get you started based on your concerns, or you can do a virtual consultation with an expert to assess your skin type. It's like accessing your own in-house facialist via your computer.
Beauty Wonkette convinced her usually stubborn sister to take both the skincare quiz and the virtual consultation for the best results, which required her to send images of her makeup-free face for Anak to analyze. Having spent years in the sun, my sister is hyper-aware and insecure about her sunspots and discoloration, but during her virtual meeting, Anak seemed more concerned with the things she had overlooked.
By zooming in embarrassingly close to her photos, Anak pointed out that she had congestion around her nose, blackheads and whiteheads on her chin, and overall dullness and dryness. She suggested trying to clear the impurities before dealing with the hyperpigmentation by adding just one new product to my sister's skincare routine: the Sulphur and Salicylic Acid Toner.
The toner has acne-fighting salicylic acid, clarifying witch hazel, and antibacterial azelaic acid to help clean, decongest, and tone skin all at once. Beauty Wonkette was naturally skeptical that a toner was all her sis needed to see a breakthrough in her complexion, but urged her to take her advice. She did and began applying it to her face and neck after cleansing both morning and night.
It is amazing how much cleanser often does not was fully cleaning your skin. A cotton-ball swipe of the toner picked up dirt, makeup, oil, and even towel remnants that her daily face wash had been missing. She reported that not only did her skin feel cleaner with the addition of the toner, but after one week, she also noticed it was brighter.
After two weeks, the blackheads and whiteheads that had previously been living rent-free on her nose and chin were virtually gone. Her pores appeared smaller, her skin was more hydrated, and there was an evenness to her complexion that never achieved before. All because the brat broke profile and listened to Beauty Wonkette and added this toner to her routine.
If you're thinking about dropping hundreds on new skincare products, Beauty Wonkette suggests trying the $49 Sulphur and Salicylic Acid Toner from Anak Cosmetics first. It might just be all you need.
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